勇夺 (yǒng duó) — to bravely win or achieve (a title, prize, etc.)

Definition

verb
to bravely win or achieve (a title, prize, etc.)

Examples

  • 勇夺。
    Tā zài bǐ sài zhōng yǒng duó le guàn jūn.
    He bravely won the championship in the competition.
  • ，勇夺。
    Jīng guò jiān kǔ xùn liàn, tā zhōng yú yǒng duó le jīn pái.
    After hard training, she finally bravely won the gold medal.
  • 勇夺。
    Zhè zhī duì wu zài jué sài zhōng yǒng duó le shèng lì.
    This team bravely seized victory in the final.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

勇yǒngbravely
夺duóseize

The 勇 (bravely) and 夺 (seize) combine to mean win with courage.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrong
Sound part声符shēngfú
甬
甬yǒng勇yǒng
Same sound today

勇 pairs 甬, which gives the sound, with 力, a strength part, to mean brave and strong.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 奪; 夺 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 奪 includes 又 (a hand), 雀 (a bird), and 衣 (clothing), showing a hand seizing a bird from someone; the simplified 夺 is a later abbreviation.

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